Rechargeable Long Range Two-Way Radios with Earpiece 4 Pack Arcshell AR-5 Walkie Talkies Li-ion Battery and Charger Included

We purchased these products to use at an anime, comics, and gaming convention, as my husband and I were running security, our gaming room was in a different hotel next door, and our son was also volunteering. We had great clarity with these walkies considering we exceeded the range listed. We had no problems hearing each other throughout the two hotels and outside, though we only tested them up to the second floor of the hotels. The earpieces were great and the cable long enough to clip the walkie to my belt, run the cord up my back, clip the mic to my collar, and still have great range of motion. My husband is six feet and 220 lbs and had no problems with range of motion either. Everyone on staff wanted a walkie once they saw how convenient it was to contact each other across the span of the area we rented instead of having to text or call each other and fumble around with our phones when we had our hands full. We are definitely putting more walkies in our convention budget. These worked on the charger, which was great for our guy in the gaming room, as he could sit it right next to his desk and hear everything through the walkie, or wear the earpiece with the walkie sitting beside him. The batteries lasted for us for two days, twelve hours both days, though we weren't having hours long conversations, mostly a minute here and there. The batteries finally signaled they were dying at the end of the second day of constant use. We put a lot of use on these things and I dropped mine several times, and one was on the hip of an eleven year old, so I feel like they are very durable for the price. I can't say enough about how great these walkies are. We are looking forward to using these for camping and nerf wars.

EDIT: The Arcshell Customer Service chimed in with some clarifications on how to turn VOX off and I was able to successfully turn VOX off on both of my units that I had them turned on for. These can't be beat for the price. For the price they audio quality and functionality can't be beat, there's one irritating flaw which I'll include at the end. Took these on a family vacation at the beach and was able to radio back to the house that the next person to come down and join us in a beach chair should bring more beer and sunscreen. I also for ~$12.50 per device I have no concerns giving it to my 10yo when he's riding around the neighborhood on his bike so he can keep us informed where he is and if he needs anything. The first day out he was 1.5 miles away and radio'ed in a request for permission to have an ice pop. Longest we've tested is 2 miles while in separate cars on the highway (on the way to the beach). The bad... the VOX feature (automatically transmit when you talk without having to press the transmit button) is not the best but honestly at this price point I didn't really care. Unfortunately once you turn VOX on THERE'S NO WAY TO TURN VOX OFF without some magic cable and SW that does not come included with the walkie talkies and for which there's ZERO documentation on.... So if you buy these, they're fine as walkie talkies but DO NOT turn on the VOX feature because there's no practical way to turn it off.

These are great. The range of these radios exceeded my expectations big time. I've tested them at up to a mile in a densely populated part of town. I bought them for fishing with my friends and they're fantastic. They have great sound quality, lighter than I would ha e expected, and I've also dropped a couple of them already and they seem to be durable. The headsets that they come with are a bit awkward in your ear but function perfectly fine and sound great. I have two small complaints about the radio's though. First, I can't find any literature about these specific radios online. I would like to know how to program them and searching by this specific brand name yields nothing useful. Secondly, and something that's a bit of an inconvenience with these radios, is the fact that you can't just set these radios on their chargers and walk away. The instruction manual actually tells you to not leave them on the charger longer than they need to be because it could shorten the life of the batteries. Having to pay attention to when they're fully charged is a pain for sure. Other than that, these radios were well worth the money and. I might actually buy some more.